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Phylum
Arthropoda
Hermit Crabs
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Hermit crabs only have a hard exoskeleton on the appendages and must
conceal their soft body parts within empty gastropod
shells. They
will exchange shells as they grow and may need to fight other crabs to
do so. They are especially active at night and may be seen by the
hundreds in shallow tide pools.
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HAWAII
Calcinus elegans
Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu |
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ELEGANT HERMIT CRAB
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Common in shallow and deeper water. Only Hawaiian specimens have
orange bands, others regions are turquoise.
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Calcinus
laevimanus
Kapoho Point, Kailua, Oahu, Hawaii |
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LEFT-HANDED HERMIT CRAB
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Legs banded black & white, the
left claw is large and white with some black. Very common.
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Calcinus
seurati
Keahole Point Tide Pool, Kona |
Mokuleia, Oahu, intertidal |
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SEURAT'S HERMIT CRAB
| Legs banded black & white, the
claws are dark gray. Very common. |
Calcinus
haigae
Kewalo, Oahu Hawaii, 30 feet |
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HAIG'S HERMIT CRAB
| Purple legs with red spots and white
tips. Not common at scuba depths. |
Calcinus
laurentae
Kewalo, Oahu Hawaii, 50 feet
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Kewalo, Oahu Hawaii, 50 feet |
Sea Tiger, Oahu, 100 feet |
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LAURENT'S HERMIT CRAB
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Common in small shells at scuba depths.
Red legs with white tips, black eyes with white dots. Endemic to
Hawaii.
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Ciliopagurus strigatus
Makaha, Oahu, 35 feet |
Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu |
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CONE SHELL HERMIT CRAB
Inhabits cone shells and
others with a narrow opening. Body is very depressed.
Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.
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Dardanus megistos
Cargo Pier, Midway, 35 feet |
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WHITE-SPOTTED HERMIT CRAB
| Uncommon in large mouthed shells at scuba depths. |
Dardanus sanguinocarpus
Leleiwi, Hawaii, 50 feet
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Kewalo Pipe, Oahu, 50 feet |
Sea Cave, Oahu, 30 feet
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Sea Cave, Oahu, 30 feet |
Sea Cave, Oahu, 30 feet |
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BLOODY HERMIT CRAB
| Fairly common inhabiting medium-sized shells.
Hawaii, Marquesas, Marshall Islands. |
Dardanus
gemmatus & D. pedunculatus
Makai Pier, Oahu, 10 feet |
Nanakuli, Oahu, 25 feet
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Nanakuli, Oahu, 25 feet
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Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 75 feet |
Sea Cave, Oahu, 60 feet |
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JEWELED ANEMONE CRAB
| Occasionally seen on reefs.
Dardanus pedunculatus has granules covering the entire left claw. Attaches two types of
anemone outside of and within the shell.
The anemones eject sticky acontia threads if disturbed. |
Aniculus hopperae
Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 25 feet |
Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 25 feet
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Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 25 feet |
Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 25 feet |
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HOPPER'S HERMIT CRAB
| An uncommon medium-sized species. Easily distinguished by the
dark brown spots at the 'elbow'. Endemic to Hawaii. |
Aniculus maximus
Black Rock Cave, Oahu, 85 feet |
Waikiki Aquarium |
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HAIRY YELLOW HERMIT CRAB
INDO-PACIFIC
Dardanus lagopodes
Wakatobi, Indonesia, 25 feet
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HERMIT CRAB
NORTHEAST PACIFIC
Pagurus armatus
Spring Bay, Victoria, Canada
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Spring Bay, Victoria, Canada
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BLACKEYED HERMIT CRAB
Pagurus caurinus
Ogden Point, Victoria, Canada
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Spring Bay, Victoria, Canada |
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GREENMARK HERMIT CRAB
Elassochirus tenuimanus
Ogden Point, Victoria, Canada
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WIDEHAND HERMIT CRAB
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